Links of Interest
Relating to Passenger Trains and Historic Preservation
- Amtrak Historical Society (AHS)
- The mission of the Amtrak Historical Society is to be a venue of education and research concentrating on the preservation of the history of Amtrak.
- Passenger Train Historical Society (PTHS)
- A non-profit organization of passenger train enhusiasts devoted to the presentation and exhibition of Passenger Train History, especially that of Amtrak.
- National Railway Historical Society (NHRS)
- An international organization related to all aspects of railroading, NRHS is the largest rail enthusiast organization in the United States.
- Railway & Locomotive Historical Society (R&LHS)
- The R&LHS is the oldest organization in North America devoted to railroad history.
- Railroad Station Historical Society (RRSHS)
- RRSHS Archive of Extant Railroad/Railway Structures
- RRSHS encourages the preservation and growth of historical knowledge of railroad stations/depots and other railroad/railway structures worldwide.
- RRSHS Archive of Extant Railroad/Railway Structures
- Amtrak's Great American Stations Project
- A repository of resources and information for preserving and improving passenger train stations across America.
- A repository of resources and information for preserving and improving passenger train stations across America.
- National Association of Railroad Passengers (NARP)
- The mission of NARP is to work for a modern, customer-focused national passenger train network that provides a travel choice Americans want.
- Museum of Railway Timetables
- Historical Amtrak timetables dating from Amtrak's inception in 1971 to the present.
- Amtrak Passenger Equipment Roster
- An unofficial Amtrak roster from On Track On Line.
- Also see a separate, extensive Amtrak Superliners database.
- Geno Dailey's Amtrak Photo Archive
- A collection of Amtrak photos and travelogues, including Amtrak fleet photos.
- Stan's RailPix
- A large archive of mainly passenger train photos in the Northeast.
- Passenger Car Photo Index
- Thousands of passenger rail car photos, organized by railroad.
- Historical Rail Passenger Photos from Chuck Isaac
- Over 500 historical photographs of passenger railroading in Central and Southern California, 1967-1986.
- Web Lurker's DOME.main
- A large collection of photos and information about dome cars.
- FRA's GIS Web Mapping Application
- The U.S. Federal Railroad Administration's official Geographical Information System database of railroads in America.
- The U.S. Federal Railroad Administration's official Geographical Information System database of railroads in America.
